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Modal Parameter Identification of New Design of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

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Vertical axis wind turbines have lower power efficiency than the horizontal axis wind turbines. However vertical axis wind turbines are proven to be economical and noise free on smaller scale. A new design of three bladed vertical axis wind turbine by using two airfoils in construction of each blade has been proposed to improve power efficiency. The purpose of two airfoils in blade design of vertical axis wind turbine is to create high lift which in turns gives higher power output. In such case the structural parameter identification is important to understand the system behavior due to its first kind of design before experimental analysis. Therefore a study is carried out to determine the natural frequency to avoid unstable state of the system due to rotational frequency of rotor. The present paper outlines a conceptual design of vertical axis wind turbine and a modal analysis by using Abaqus cae software. The study is limited to evaluate lowest fundamental modal frequencies and mode shapes of proposed wind turbine.

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The SYSWIND project (project no. 238325) funded by the Marie Curie Actions is acknowledged for the financial support under the grant Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development of the EU.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Aalborg University, Sohngaardsholmsvej 57, DK-9000, Aalborg, Denmark

    Prasad D. Chougule & Søren R. K. Nielsen

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  1. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, 45221-0018, Ohio, USA

    Randall Allemang

  2. , The Enterprise Program, Michigan Technological University, Townsend Drive 1400, Houghton, 49931, Mississippi, USA

    James De Clerck

  3. , Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Riverside St. 197, Lowell, 01854, Massachusetts, USA

    Christopher Niezrecki

  4. & State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Randolph Hall 114 T, Blacksburg, 24060, Virginia, USA

    Alfred Wicks

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Chougule, P.D., Nielsen, S.R.K. (2013). Modal Parameter Identification of New Design of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine. In: Allemang, R., De Clerck, J., Niezrecki, C., Wicks, A. (eds) Special Topics in Structural Dynamics, Volume 6. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6546-1_30

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